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sort of relevant tangent based on this part “Many teachers expressed the challenge of introducing robotics to students when they themselves have very little experience”

Several (5+) years ago I helped with a teacher continuing education for a week during the summer. During this course we taught K-12 teacher how to use lego mindstorms and how to integrate them into their classrooms and education plans. The teachers were able to use this class to meet continuing education requirements (for the state or other certifications) and learn more about robots and technology. These classes ran from 8 ish to 5 ish for a week. This course was run by one of the professors at Colorado School of Mines but he has since retired.

Have you considered teaming up with CU or another local collage to offer teacher continuing education courses where they can learn about technology and also get credit?

I am a test engineer also. This quote from one of my coworkers sums up my job so well some days
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Welcome to Test. Finding product bugs and design problems are just some of the many services we provide to our suppliers as well as our customers
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